“More rave madness and Japan / Holland alliance with this second collaboration between Rotterdam’s FFF and Hiroshima’s DieTrax, of course for Murder Channel. Unlike the previous “Hiroshima vs Rotterdam”, which featured solo tracks by both artist, this new “Death Match” is more of a collaboration between both artists. It’s really quite close musically, though, as both artists overdo their own solo selves here with more hardcore beats, more jungle rhythms, more rave samples, and more all-good-fun sweaty madness than before. Are you into emo and looking for music to cut your veins to? This is not for you? Do you like glowsticks and late-morning raves? Now we’re talking” – http://www.adnoiseam.net

On the second Encounters release FFF & our Japanese partner in rave: Missqulater started the timemachine to the golden age of rave music. Not afraid to hide their influences they will ring the rave alarm, start the panic, take you higher, etc.

Three slammin’ mini mixes bound to bring the core to any of your spring break haberdashery!
Seattle ravecore master Graz raids your older sister’s ipod to bring you a gabber shakedown of Mash-sive proportions.
Rotterdam broham FFF lays the amens on thick for his post rave onslaught.
And Portlandian Vinyl Pusher PenPointRed takes you full circle with an eclectic mix that is topped off and ready to blow!

We put out this promo to raise funds to help with our first official west coast tour.
downloads are just $1 per mix but if you go beyond that you could end up with some awesome stuff.
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I learnt a few lessons from this show. The main one being that once you get past a certain speed of performance, Ableton seems a bit flaky at capturing all of the control data accurately. As a result there are some instances in this recording where the drums are out of time. This did not occur in the performance, but as a result of the behaviour during bouncing of the Reaktor instruments I use to sequence and improvise my drum parts. Maybe next time I should take a leaf out of Tommy’s book and just use an audio recorder. Anyway, enjoy this set. It is 97% as good as the show I played – which ain’t bad by all accounts

Here is what Parasite got to say about this mix:
“This DJ Mix goes out to all the followers of the Core who keep the scene alive & kicking. It’s about straight-up love of fresh & innovative music and the passion to share these sounds with you. Some of the artists featured in this mix are well known, but some you’ve may have never heard of. They span the globe, and are all making music for the love of it! So if you like what you hear, please support these artists, buy their music, go to their gigs and tell your friends…it’s the only way the scene will evolve.
– DJ Parasite (www.parasite.org.uk)”